Building Small Boats

A legendary teacher at the WoodenBoat School, Greg Rossel uses his years of experience to take the reader through the whole process of constructing a wooden boat. This is a "must have" book for small wooden boat building. Author(s): Greg Rossel Front Cover - Table of Contents

How to Design a Boat

Since it was first published, How to Design a Boat has proved itself a bestseller. Teale takes the reader step-by-step through the stages of designing both power and sailing boats, explaining the reasons behind the procedures and using sketches and reproductions of working drawings to help understanding. Author(s): John Teale Front Cover - Table of Contents

Elements of Yacht Design

This is the classic book on yacht design, originally published in 1904 and re-issued in '27, '35, '38 and 2001. . The "Manual of Calculations" at the back of the book is worth the cost of the entire book. More detailed/scientific than most other books on the topic of Yacht Design. A must have if you are planning to design anything that floats! Author(s): Norman L. Skene, Maynard Bray (Introduction) Front Cover - Table of Contents

Understanding Boat Design

This book certainly must be part of any boat design collection. It covers all aspects of design from hull to deck to power to storage space, and serves as a complete introductory resource discussing strengths and weaknesses of all sorts of shapes and hull designs. Author(s): Ted Brewer Front Cover - Table of Contents

The Elements of Boat Strength: For Builders, Designers, and Owners

Acclaimed author and naval architect Dave Gerr created a unique system of easy-to-use scantling rules and rules-of-thumb for calculating the necessary dimensions, or scantlings, of hulls, decks, and other boat parts, whether built of fiberglass, wood, wood-epoxy composite, steel, or aluminum. Author(s): Dave Gerr Front Cover - Table of Contents

Devlin's Boatbuilding: How to Build Any Boat the Stitch-and-Glue Way

Any number of construction methods will produce a beautiful boat. But for the backyard builder with limited experience and a tight budget, the choice is not so complicated. Author(s): Samual Devlin Front Cover - Table of Contents

Boatbuilding for Beginners (And Beyond)

The only materials needed are easily available from any lumberyard: plywood, 2x4s, nails, and wood glue. The process is simple, the result is extraordinary--your own boat, ready to sail, in just a week or two, for a fraction of the cost of buying a factory-built (boring!) boat. Author(s): Jim Michalak Front Cover - Table of Contents

Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding

A rowdy, detailed, informative, sometimes profane and immensely practical compendium of boatbuilding techniques, comments and philosophy. Buehler's thumbnail descriptions. . .are as clear and concise as you will get. Author(s): George Buehler Front Cover - Table of Contents

The Propeller Handbook: The Complete Reference for Choosing, Installing, and Understanding Boat Propellers

The best explanation of boat propeller formulas and theories… It's not exactly bedtime reading, but propellers don't get any better than this. Author(s): Dave Gerr Front Cover - Table of Contents

Fifty Wooden Boats: A Catalog of Building Plans, Vol.1

The first in the series, this catalogue contains study plans for 50 boat building designs - which range from a 7' 7" pram ot a 41' 3" schooner. Drawings to identify each part of a wooden boat, a guide for the selection of wood, and more. Author(s): Woodenboat Magazine Front Cover - Table of Contents

Thirty Wooden Boats: A Second Catalog of Boat Plans

Second in the series from Woodenboat Magazine, these 30 designs include powerboats, daysailers, cruising boats and canoes and kayak. Also includes an article by designer Joel White on understanding boat plans Author(s): Woodenboat Magazine Front Cover - Table of Contents

Forty Wooden Boats: A Third Catalog of Building Plans

Third in the series from Woodenboat magazine, these popular books contain details usualy found with study plans: hull dimensions, displacement, sail area, construction methods and level of skill needed to build. Author(s): Woodenboat Magazine Front Cover - Table of Contents

Handmade Houseboats: Independent Living Afloat

This book is inspirational in that it serves to remind the reader that there's more to life than a house on a quarter acre with a mortgage. It offers all the information needed to plan, build, launch and live in a floating home. Author(s): Russell Conder Front Cover - Table of Contents

Details of Classic Boat Construction: The Hull

In some 518 salty and sawdust-laden pages there are lessons and new tricks for even the most horny-handed, time-served, and experienced exponent of this wonderful trade of ours. Author(s): Larry Pardey Front Cover - Table of Contents

Boatbuilding Manual

This book should be mandatory for anyone constructing a boat or rebuilding a boat (sail or power) made of wood. It is an invaluable reference, and has a wealth of information and tips for the even most experienced boatbuilder. Author(s): Robert M. Steward Front Cover - Table of Contents

Building Classic Small Craft : Complete Plans and Instructions for 47 Boats

John Gardner died in 1995, and left a legacy of preserving the designs of 19th century American small workboats and recreational craft. Author(s): John Gardner Front Cover - Table of Contents

How to Build a Wooden Boat

This is an enormously technical book; it is not light reading. Nevertheless, the first chapter presents one of the best (easily understandable) explanations of the lofting process. Author(s): David C. McIntosh, Samuel F. Manning (Illustrator) Front Cover - Table of Contents

Boat Joinery and Cabinet Making Simplified

The woodworking is discussed in such detail that just about anyone, including longtime professionals, is likely to find many useful tricks of the trade. One almost has the feelings that the author is right there, advising and encouraging. Author(s): Fred P. Bingham Front Cover - Table of Contents

Lofting

Lofting is the process of drawing lines of a boat full-size, to get the shpaes and patterns needed for building. An experienced builder leads you through the process so you too can build your dream. Author(s): Allan H. Vaitses Front Cover - Table of Contents

Cruising Designs: A Catalog of Plans for Cruising Boats, Sail & Power from the Boards of the Benford Design Group

Benford is a widely known yacht designer with a far-ranging imagination and great versatility, unbound by prejudices on materials or construction methods. Author(s): Jay R. Benford Front Cover - Table of Contents

This Old Boat

An outstanding guide for restoring an older boat; chock-full of information, insights and common sense explanations of the things we all need to know. Author(s): Don Casey Front Cover - Table of Contents

Boatbuilding: A Complete Handbook of Wooden Boat Construction

Boatbuilding is a practical handbook and boatshop assistant, designed and written to meet the needs of the builder, covering the complete process of wooden boat construction. The text covers all types of craft from flat-bottom rowboats to ocean cruisers and commercial vessels. Author(s): Howard Irving Chapelle Front Cover - Table of Contents